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In January 2018, the volume of industrial output rose by 6.9% year-on-year, according to a second, detailed estimate of monthly figures released Wednesday by the Central Statistical Office (KSH), confirming the first estimate on March 7. Food companies and rubber and plastics makers lifted industrial output in January.

The volume of construction output was 43.2% higher in January 2018 than a year earlier. Output increased in both main groups of construction: by 48.4% in the construction of buildings, and by 33.4% in civil engineering works, shows a first release of monthly data from the Central Statistical Office (KSH).

There were 11.76 million mobile phone subscriptions in Hungary at the end of 2017, some 32,000 fewer than a year earlier, according to data published by the Central Statistical Office (KSH). The number of mobile subscriptions per 100 residents was unchanged at 120.4.

Agricultural producer prices were up by 2.1% in January 2018 compared to the corresponding month of last year, which was made up of average increases of 2.6% in the price of crop products and 1.4% in that of live animals and animal products, says a first release of monthly data from the Central Statistical Office (KSH).

In euro terms, exports increased by 10% and imports by 9.3% in January 2018 compared to the same month of the previous year. The trade surplus was up by EUR 113 million compared to January 2017, according to a first estimate of data on the external trade in goods, published Friday by the Central Statistical Office (KSH).

Consumer prices were 1.9% higher on average in February 2018 than a year earlier, slowing from 2.1% in the preceding month, shows a first release of monthly data from the Central Statistical Office (KSH). The highest price increases in this period were measured for alcoholic beverages and tobacco, as well as food.

In January 2018, the volume of industrial output rose by 6.9% year-on-year, according to a first estimate of monthly data from the Central Statistical Office (KSH). Based on working day-adjusted data, production grew by 6.7%.

The volume of Hungaryʼs gross domestic product (GDP) rose 4.4% year-on-year in the fourth quarter and 4.0% in the full year of 2017, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) confirmed in a second, detailed reading of data on Tuesday. The primary contributors to growth in Q4 were market-based services and construction.

In January 2018, the volume of sales in retail shops, according to both raw and calendar-adjusted data, grew by 7.5% compared to the same month last year, shows a first flash estimate of monthly figures for the Hungarian retail trade from the Central Statistical Office (KSH).